National Curriculum Statutory Word Lists for each year group,

arranged by sound/spelling pattern.

Spelling patterns for KS2 are split into single year groups to correspond with the order in which they are taught on wordstudyspelling.com

Foundation Stage

/u/thesomecomeonelittle

/th/the

/ee/heshewebeme

/oo/tointodo

/o/what

/w/whenwhatone

/ie/Ilike

/oa/nogoso

/er/herwere

/l/little

/v/have

/ow/out

/e/said

Year One

/z/ishishas

/ay/saystodaythey

/u/pushpullfulllookedput

/oo/todayschooldotoyou

/e/friendsaid

/ie/myby

/ear/here

/air/wheretheirthere

/w/where

/v/oflove

/ar/areaskasked

/a/has

/or/yourcalled

/ow/ourhouse

/se/house

/o/was

/oa/nogoso

/ee/weshehebeme

/ar/ask

/er/were

/u/loveoncecomesome

Year Two

/or/ door floor poor water

/o/because

/oa/ most only both old cold gold hold told

/ie/ find kind mind behind child wild climb eye

/ar/ halfafterfastlastpastfatherclassgrasspassplantpathbath

/oo/ moveproveimprovebeautifulwho

/er/ every everybody

/ee/ even people money

/ay/ greatbreaksteak

/oul/ could should would

/e/ childrenagain

/i/ prettybeautifulbusy

/h/who whole

/e/any many

/ow/ hour

/s/ Christmas

/z/ busy clothes

/sh/ sure sugar

/air/ parents

/th/ (voiced) clothes

Abbreviations Mr Mrs

/u/ parents sugar

Year Threesuffix ~ly, ~allyaccidentallyactuallyoccasionallyprobably

/n/ spelled knknowledgeableknowledge

/or/ spelled aughcaughtnaughty

/ay/ spelled eieighteighthreignweight (exception is height)

/ee/ spelled ubusybusiness

words with prefixesdis / appeardis / believere / buildre / position

words with unstressed vowels (schwa)differentfavouriteFebruaryinterestlibraryordinaryseparate

split digraphsarrivedecidedescribeextremeguidesurprise

words with double consonantsaddressappeararrivedifferentdifficultdisappeargrammaroccasionoppositepressuresuppose

~tion and ~sion suffix

mentionoccasionpositionpossess (ion)question

~ous

famousvarious

s spelled c before e, i and y

bicyclecentrecenturycertaincircledecideexerciseexperiencemedicinenoticerecent

other words

answerbreathbreathebuildcalendarcompleteconsidercontinueearlyearthexperimentgroupguardforward /sfruitheardhearthistoryimagineimportantincreaseislandlearnlengthmaterialminutenaturaloftenparticularpeculiarperhaps

popularpotatoespromisepurposequarterregularremembersentencespecialstraightstrangestrengthsurprisethereforewomanwomen

Year Four

Year Fivewords with un-stressed vowels

accommodatebruisecategorycemeterydefinitedesperatedictionaryembarrassenvironmentexaggeratemarvellousnuisanceparliamentprivilegesecretaryvegetable

i before e except after c where following vowel has an ee sound

achieveconveniencemischievous

short i spelled yphysicalsymbolsystem ous suffix

disastrousmarvellousmischievous

l spelled le

availablevegetablevehiclemuscle

ous suffix

disastrousmarvellousmischievous

tion suffixcompetitionexplanationprofessionpronunciation

s spelled c before e, i and y

cemeteryconscienceconsciousconveniencecriticiseexcellentexistencehindrancenecessaryprejudicesacrifice

words with other prefixes and suffixesaccordingattachedcriticisedeterminedequipmentequippedespeciallyfrequentlyimmediateimmediatelyun / necessarysincere / ly

adjacent iesoldiersufficientvarietyancient(exception is for-eign)

words with double consonantsaccommodateaccompanyaccordingaggressiveapparentappreciateattachedcommitteecommunicatecommunitycorrespondimmediateoccupyoccuropportunityrecommendsuggest

Year Six

amateuraverageawkwardbargain controversycuriositydevelopfortyguaranteeharasshindranceidentityindividualinterfereinterruptlanguageleisurelightning

muscleneighbourpersuadeprogrammequeuerecogniserelevantrestaurantrhymerhythmshouldersignaturestomachtemperaturetwelfthvegetablevehicleyacht